Vi Smithwick, 84, of Green Bay, works out at Bellin Health Family Medical and Wellness Center.

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Charles Davis
Press-Gazette Media

She also doesn't mind a little sweat during her full-body workouts twice a week at Bellin Health Family and Medical Center, 3263 Eaton Road in Bellevue. If a few strands of her short white hair gets a little wild as she lays on a bench press to lift dumbbells, she just tucks them behind her ear and keeps pushing.

The proud Green Bay grandmother takes no offense when asked her age. She simply smiles, her eyes widening through her bifocal lenses, and softly says 81. ...